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Locality Name:
Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524)
San Carlos Claims

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAsisiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
CerchiaraiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteFluoriteFornaciteGypsumLinarite
MalachiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePerovskitePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Ammineite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Ashburtonite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cumengeite  (*)Davidbrownite-(NH4)  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mammothite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Parkinsonite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Phoxite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rowleyite  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1141206470
Ammineite  (*)Not in a structural groupCuCl2·2NH311412063
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11412062734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41141206246
Ashburtonite  (*)CerchiaraiteHCu4Pb4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl11412063
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31141206544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114120611547
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48114120665
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611412061633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114120627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61141206359
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11412061252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11412064979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1141206925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11412065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114120627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11412061382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11412063531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3114120643
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11412064165
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O114120643
Davidbrownite-(NH4)  (*)Not in a structural group Oxalate(NH4)5(V4+O)2(C2O4)[PO2.75(OH)1.25]4·3H2O11412071
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1141206378
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4114120657
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1141206345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211412069617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)114120685
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114120624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11412066890
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl114120648
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114120614640
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4114120673
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611412062228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21141206265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21141206987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114120612537
Mammothite  (*)NonePb6Cu4AlSb5+O2(SO4)2Cl4(OH)1611412068
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1141206202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11412061107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41141206247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1141206362
Parkinsonite  (*)AsisitePb7MoO9Cl211412063
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl21141206142
Phoxite  (*)Not in a structural group Oxalate(NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)411412061
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48114120633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114120639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11412061725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114120661156
Rowleyite  (*)Not in a structural group[Na(NH4,K)9Cl4][V5+,4+2(P,As)O8]6·n[H2O,Na,NH4,K,Cl]11412061
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O00114120611
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114120621482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1141206605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41141206303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411412061655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120154Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120154
R160005Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R160005
R130099Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130099
R060506Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060506
R160004Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R160004
R140401Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140401
R130100Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130100
R130616Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos Patented Claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130616

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